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Thank you Mike Yepp, My Video Blogs on Recruiting are making a comeback!

Monday night, I'm driving home... after a twitter tag back and  forth with the amazing Mike Yepp,  Manager of Business Development and Marketing for Gravity (www.gravity.com). We met a few years back when we were both setting up shop at Newscorp's Incubator, Slingshot Labs.  Not only is he great at what he does, we both share a love for tennis, and both of us growing up in the tennis scene.  He's a Nick Bolletieri's alumni (lucky!).

As our conversation is coming to an end, he said "I love your video blog".  I said "really?"
"Ya, it's a great idea.  We all have questions about recruiting, and never know who to ask."

I started it one weekend, and the next I got sick.  To be honest, I didn't think you all wanted to see me in my pajamas holding a tissue box.  Then I got all nervous and self conscious that it wasn't a great idea.  I'm around Marketing and Social Media geniuses all day long, I didn't know I could play ball in the same arena as them.

So it's officially, I'm back... and my Video Blogs about Recruiting will be surfacing this weekend... stay tuned.

Send me any of your questions about scoring the right job, how to interview, how to write a resume, etc.

Looking for Biz Dev for MindJolt Games!

Feel free to email me with questions, or call me (818) 378-1427

-Understand the world of online media

-Solid understanding of Social Media

-Work with top-tier Media Sites such as Blogs, Fan Sites, Community Platforms

-Strong relationship management skills

-Strong project management skills

-Ability to negotiate with media companies

-Independent self-starter

Description

This Business Development Manager - Publishers will work with top-tier online sites to distribute and embed MindJolt games across the web. MindJolt is a platform for independent game developers to distribute and publish games online. Today, MindJolt is a leading platform for independent game developers on social networks like Facebook and MySpace. This position will work with top media sites to understand the offering and embed MindJolt's games onto these sites.

A day in the office

Melissa's Office

Hi all,

I have decided to open up my office especially for you all on SUNDAYS to answer your questions about the Job Market.

Please play the video below.... and email me, twitter me, FB me your questions!

Twitter.com/melissahooven

Facebook.com/melissahooven

melissahooven@gmail.com

text your questions to: (818) 378-1427

Out- takes from my photo shoot for my website

For all of those who know me, I don't take myself too seriously.  You will see a refined website about me soon (in development), but for now, I wanted to share some out-takes from our photo shoot.

The funny thing was.. that my phone kept ringing during the whole shoot.  Life never stops.

Love what you do, and do what you love.

Melissa

Here is the real me....

SoCal Tech Article

My first debut in SoCal Tech.  Thanks to Ben Kuo!

Full Article: http://www.socaltech.com/southern_california_technology_jobs_surge/s-0028682.html

My part....
Melissa Hooven, a technical recruiter in-house at MindJolt, a casual gaming firm which is active building out its team in Los Angeles and San Francisco, says "Candidates are being more thorough in their diligence on the companies they are considering," continuing, "What used to be merely an economic decision is now much more balanced with understanding the company's business model and management team's track-record, before making the decision to move."

Join me Thursday April 15th for MindJolt's Mixer. We are looking for Rockstar Developers to join our team! Space is limited, more prizes are being added daily!

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Mindjolt is hiring!!

Senior Software Engineer Needed for Mindjolt

About us:

MindJolt is a social gaming platform that provides game developers of all sizes a way to monetize their games, and access to a massive gaming audience on the world’s most popular social platforms. With more than 20 million unique users across the Web, MindJolt makes it easy for casual and social game developers to bring their games to a massive audience of gamers. MindJolt’s catalogue aggregates more than 1,300 of the most popular casual games on the Web making it simple for millions of users to discover and engage with entertaining content.

Executive Team: Chris DeWolfe (CEO), Colin Digiaro (COO), Aber Whitcomb (CTO), Josh Yguando (SVP of Business and Corporate Development)

Investors: Austin Ventures

Job Location: San Francisco

We are seeking software engineers with a good work ethic and a desire to solve challenging problems while working on projects with new and interesting technologies.

This individual would contribute to all stages of the software development lifecycle, from gathering requirements to the final implementation and rollout of new and existing projects. Responsibilities include leveraging Java, J2EE and open source technologies to build and maintain highly scalable, highly available, modular code for these high performance web applications.

Qualifications:

• Strong Java programming skills

• Strong understanding of design patterns and object-oriented programming principles

• Experience working with relational databases, especially MySQL

• Good understanding of performance and optimization techniques

• Hands-on developer with strong debugging skills and ability to quickly learn new technologies

• Ability to use sound judgment to develop effective solutions from business requirements

• Intense attention to detail

• Ability to work in a collaborative, start-up environment on interesting problems

• BS in Computer Science

Desired:

• Experience working with JSP, XML and SOAP

• Open Source development experience

Contact: Melissa Hooven, Corporate Recruiter for Mindjolt, Melissa@mindjolt.com or call (818) 378-1427